The good Templars Lodge at Ellington, was organized in the fall of
1879, with thirty charter members. It has Kept up its regular Saturday
evening meetings with increasing interest, and has now upward of 100
members. Great good has resulted from the presence and influence of this
lodge in the community.

TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE

August 31, 1881, Rev E. B. Sutton was appointed by the Michigan State
Temperance Alliance as its agent in Tuscola county. By his invitation
Capt. J. C. Banticue, the state agent, visited the county and organized
the first branch at Ellington on the evening of January 9, 1881, with
twenty three charter members, Nelson Hatch, president and Mrs. Lois
Brooker, vice president. The membership has steadily increased and now
numbers fifty. The meetings are held the first Monday evening of each
month without fail. Lectures are delivered at each meeting: the attendance
is large, and the interest deep and constant. The present officers of this
branch are: Nelson Hatch, president: Mrs. Lois Brooker, vice-president,
Nelson Mallory, secretary and Samuel Elliott, treasurer.